[000:00:00;00] certain things, i come to a conclusion, maybe in the first days there, the first moments are like this, rather because of laughter, i probably wanted to not push it away, this is the understanding. apparently, if i got rid of my limbs, this is, let's say, a protective effect. but the further it went, the more support there was and the understanding that it wouldn't be any other way if some kind of self-irony was just born and it was really funny to me, i didn't make up these jokes there on purpose to laugh at them they were born somehow in a moment and you were a joker before the war well in in principle, this is a cheerful man oleksandr, i can be, i can ask about such things that will cause you pain and bring you back in that period. i apologize in advance, but i want to ask about this. you were in several hospitals

, one of them was in the poltava region, and you talked about what happened to you a doctor came into the ward. he came as if not for work but for a disco. he smelled very strongly of perfume. he was smartly dressed. and he peeked into your ward. he didn’t really want that, with great respect for doctors. i understand that not all doctors such but nevertheless, if there was another doctor in his place, was there a chance to save at least one of your legs, it depended on e not so much as on one doctor, but on the general work of the entire medical staff, that is, it was the treating doctor, he was from the department who performed the operations, who influenced the decision. that is, it did not depend only on him , the treating doctor, and who would have to somehow contribute to my recovery there

, you were just unlucky. it was just a civilian hospital where people were probably used to making money. in fact, it happened. i think i will visit you again . i want to say that there were many soldiers in your place and they praised the doctors who provided them with medical care in the first days and thus someone saved an eye and a hand, i am very sorry that such a story happened in your life , but you do not lose optimism and inspire others for this, i am very grateful to you alexander , you recently returned from the united states of america, from what i see in your social media networks, this trip influenced your worldview and changed a lot of things in your life. what exactly and how important

it was, in principle, i would not say that my worldview has changed so globally, that is, my worldview, and in some ways, my principles have not changed at all, just me it is possible to look at it from a different angle. what kind of life is possible in principle for people with disabilities and for military personnel and veterans with injuries. and how it looks, i can’t say that because in a more developed country. we should learn and learn those things and i want to somehow influence and i understand that now is just the moment when having the experience that i gained in such a short time to influence at least somehow and transfer this experience

to our society thanks to thanks to the opportunities in social networks, which are only open to me now, it is still possible to somehow change the way of thinking in ukrainian society and help people understand how to live, let's say, in such a new situation. well you can say that in the new society, because it is definitely a very large number of people, unfortunately, there will be such people, and you need to understand how to behave, what you can say, what you can't and, in principle, how to coexist there in the future, these are very new words, because really our society will be different, it will be strong but at the same time vulnerable, and among us, among our friends, native colleagues, there will be many people who will return from the war with losses, loss of limbs, physical disabilities, and we need to be

tolerant, correct and tactful again still, uh, a very important message has appeared on your instagram social page, a tutorial on how to properly communicate with the military. now we will show it on the screen, and this is what you wrote literally the other day about what you should do and what you should not do. what prompted you to a maybe a personal experience. maybe something struck you and offended you. why did you decide to write this post? well, i returned to kyiv after the states and, accordingly , a lot . myself in connection already with if you can say so with my current position and maybe the future with some kind of work uh, it's already like uh, a duty , let's say, to observe and analyze people's behavior now, and i noticed that this is not exactly how people

understand what is right how to behave better by your example with injured people and in general with people with disabilities there and somehow about this i raised the topic also on my instagram page and realized that people have a very large request for the fact that they do not understand how to behave correctly and i decided to do instead some short videos that maybe few people will watch, i.e. make something like this, let's say a tutorial if it can be called about how to behave and how not to behave with people, it starts very much with thanks, let's imagine the situation: you are standing in a store next to you, a woman-child who wants to thank you, what will please you , and what will offend you, well, there are probably no such things that they

openly offended, because now, no, i guess i will not be in trouble again . there are no insults, that is, i completely understood everyone there worldview and not everyone can, but not to force, not everyone wants to thank in their certain visions of being in this country. unfortunately, it would be nice if they just thanked, and it is not necessary to bow there again, confess or something else . it's banal to say thank you again, the situation with children is very often taken away there they gag them shut up don't talk don't ask well, on the contrary, i want as much as possible for children to ask questions and grow up and understand that well, that's how society is and it will be like that so that they don't grow up 18-19 years old there, 20 as it was in the union when there were no disabled people, they were simply hidden oleksandr let's be

frank, they were hidden from people, that's why, if you are people, even with a little hair, just children will understand the consequence of what this is, why did this happen and why is there some uncle or aunt there walking with iron legs or an iron hand and i hope that in the future in our future there will be no more such situations no war in which such a large number of people would be forced to put on prostheses the words my daughter who periodically comes with me on the work remains behind the scenes or we go to the store with her somewhere and see a military man when she asks me mom and this uncle is from the front i say yes she can tell him thank you i say of course because it is important to her this is the country in which she grows up and for which this uncle risked his own life, and that's why you rightly said that parents need to raise a future generation that will be grateful for the fact that in this generation there is a chance to live on a free

, free land of our land, so i thank you from all the ukrainian children whom you protect and i know that you are a bit of a fashionista. if i may say so, you are the owner of three pairs of prostheses. you brought one of them from the united states. tell me a little about them and what their main function is. and they are all mechanical, no bionics, nothing like that, and these legs are which i now have for walking just for the most comfortable walking here is an increased level of mobility the highest level here uh on these feet i know that guys fight even uh exactly on these prostheses here in the states i got two more pairs of sports prostheses alone exclusively for running, er, that's what we call skis. if you can call them that on the video, they're so

comfortable to run, jump, well, that is , you have to get used to it, but it's not uncomfortable, it's very, very difficult. in fact, i thought it would be much easier, but it turns out to be very difficult there. it doesn't hurt, you just need to keep your balance extremely well. and if i step on a full foot , then there are only two points. down to the ground, that is , i can't stand at home or anyone else on a prosthesis, it's a constant balancing act especially when you run, it multiplies tens of times and you need to think about how to stand correctly so as not to fall so that the knee doesn't fly out, it's very difficult. here's what's more for crossfit, that is, for playing sports, it's more extensive, let's say there you can also squat for example, put a bigger load on that leg. it is possible to run not as much as on running shoes, of course, because running shoes give a very high

speed, and i will run again with a mobile phone. but again, only running. and on those , they are multifunctional special prostheses you are preparing for the games of the unconquered you are undergoing special training selection where do you plan to show your strength in which sports in fact i thought and hoped that i had spent my strength in absolutely all sports i wanted to apply for all uh moments it is necessary for all sports which were available there, but as it turned out that there are only two categories to choose from, if i'm not mistaken. maybe it will be possible to agree with the organizers so that i try myself in the maximum number of disciplines, but at the moment there are only two there will be a bench press. and now i have chosen sitting volleyball, but as far as i understand, sitting with a bolt will be later, that is, 50% , and there is also cart and basketball, well, that is

, the disciplines are enough. the main thing is that they give me access to try myself in each, in principle , how much for this participation is important to you, uh, and in terms of sports. it must be to prove myself as an athlete. i wouldn’t say that it is very important for me, because i understand that i can prove myself later. - about what the name of the game of the unconquered speaks about invincibility about the opportunity to show by example to those uh soldiers those military civilians injured as a result of the war who are now maybe someone is undergoing rehabilitation someone just got prosthetics someone just got injured and let it be something they are an inspiration for some kind of movement, never to fall and to understand that life goes on and in principle you can reach any heights even without legs, what do military personnel who have been wounded and

return to civilian life need, what do they need in the first place there is no queue except for medical aid. thank you for the question, because this is a very important issue and what i am currently working on, and they need, first of all, highly qualified psychological help, that is, to understand immediately at the time of injury, that is, when a person first gets into a hospital after an injury, to understand the current condition of a person and to start working with him , let's say for some kind of socialization right away, that is, i know many soldiers who, being in hospitals now, are not there or have no limbs there vision and they still live in the war, they live in moments that they don’t think up for themselves, but they dream about them, that is, they dream of returning to

the front there or returning to the army. who has not been there for two years, no sight, it is quite difficult to find a job in principle, but there are, in principle, enough of such jobs now in social life, that is, simply in civilian life, and there are now a lot of my friends from foundations or just some people who are patrons who are ready to provide, let's say, some kind of retraining, to give a person new knowledge, to teach and to get a job, so it is necessary from such moments to start talking and communicating with people so that they understand that even if they do not get into the army, there is nothing to be upset about, in principle. they will always find a place for us in civilian life and for them there will be work and it will be about life and a good attitude , that is, work in exactly this direction, and they want to go to the front because they believe that they are

needed there more than in civilian life, these are people who there can be said to be professionals in their field, who have been fighting there for a long time, who have undergone some special training courses there, and they, uh, this is such a human psychological moment, they feel like professionals in that field, that is, ah, this is the same as when i was a graphic designer there for example, i imagined that all i am is a graphic designer, i no longer see myself in anything, but this is all i need, but there is a much wider life, wider aspects that we can grasp and, in principle, live even better. so this is exactly what we need to convey to those people who is unfortunately, for some reason, people who return from the war with injuries will not be able to return to the front in truth. and according to my observations, they have a perception of life and a thirst for life much more than ordinary people, because people have seen death next to them, you have felt this yourself

for example, love for life, lust for life, in principle, i always tried to take from life to the maximum , even before, let's say, a full-scale war before the injury, but it was the injury that became such an impetus to really take more from life and understand that life in principle and gives more, the more you ask, the more you take, the more it actually gives you, and gives you some kind of regularity , that's why it is necessary to help these people understand that this life gives them everything and that these opportunities are there and they should be taken, not to refuse from them this is the meaning because when people are at the front there is simply black and white there is no such thing there, let's say in half tones, that is, people there simply see life and death or you are alive or you are dead there is no

longer any understanding of others or any there rules, that is, everything. that's why people appear more lust for life when, in principle, death is no longer visible. well, you see only life and you understand that life goes on. you don't miss military life. in fact, there is ... there are impulses, especially when you watch some videos there, they post things there, from the war or brothers or just somewhere on the internet, when there are some storms or similar things, i immediately want to go and fight, but with a cold mind, i again understand that in principle i will not be able to do that job which i would like to perform, perhaps now, having some knowledge, those acquaintances that i have, it will actually be better to help . after all, to resocialize those people who have gone through or are going through a similar situation

, work is important to me, so i need this little bridge, so the transition from military life to civilian so that the person who was on the other side of that bridge helped us to adapt freely to the military in this life, and every day there will be more and more of them alexander, you said that before the war you you were supposed to be a graphic designer, but it so happened that your life changed radically, now you are actually a veteran . and you are also a writer. here are these writing abilities, did they manifest themselves before the full-scale war or did they manifest themselves already during maybe in school, when i was writing a story, it manifested itself, but later absolutely no texts were written, no stories at all, nothing, no poems, i never wrote anything at such a conscious age, and that i directly consciously wrote it but at the moment when

i arrived at the front i well, i even frankly speaking i don't remember why i decided to start writing these texts, rather, i wanted to show at that moment what life was like at the front, that is , without any decorations, without praise about what a person is, i went out there in the morning, took a mortar, i don't know he started firing a machine gun from his shoulder and shot all day and only killed. that is, people rest there. people have their own ups and downs with each other . there are also holidays. preparation for those holidays is a very large aspect of life that really fascinates you. numbers to another world i just wanted to describe this world so that people would understand and see who the military really are. that is, they are the same completely ordinary people, er, a graphic designer there, er

, a mechanic, a doctor, and all these people became military and began to live a completely new kind of life full of such a longing for life again, because in principle no one wants to die there , that's why you broadcast it all, even social courses . ukrainian writers help you to improve your writing skills. do you feel changes or did these courses really help you? yes ah after passing these courses, talking with, let's say, such famous ukrainian authors, and realizing some course. well, to be honest, i just don't remember what organization it is, but it's the voice of war, uh, this course is called journalism, the voice of war, but i can't remember the organization but they themselves wrote like this and suggested that such a course would be held. well, i obviously agreed. because i

sat down with the book only then and realized that it happened for a reason and decided to continue studying. well, accordingly, now they also read from different literature is related to the writing of military literature, and still there is some understanding begins to come, eyes open when you start to abstract a little from this to look at the situation you describe in a different way , some understanding of how to prepare the characters for the story appears description line, well, that is, in fact, it was a lot to set deadlines for myself . when is your book to be published, when is it to be printed, to appear in our bookstores? the more difficult it becomes to write, because i understand that, in principle, the things that are there, i may have written, i want to change something, i want to supplement it, and again, i have been studying all this period, and all this period i want to fill this book with a more global and more meaningful meaning

so that it is not just some book that has been read will and will become some kind of support under the e-e table there or under something else , so i want to make some good quality product that people could read there and maybe they won't say to quote, but at least sharing the book with someone there will be positive good well, how uh, to some extent for me maybe so, because well, even uh, this will be a good moment for me, because it will become something new in my life, this will be a moment of wounding. that is, it will be exactly from the moment of february 24 to august 24, this one military path, and at the time of the injury i will finish the first part, some such symbolic dates come out like this

: february 24, august 24, if you do not mind . friend or girlfriend, tell me about this dog, his name is kevin. there was a period when we lived together with him for a little while. you take from life according to maxim what you said. in principle , i try to take all the opportunities that come my way and, well, in principle, to implement them, and often i myself very i give a lot, uh, well, in principle, again, until you give back, nothing will happen, that's why i try to give back to this world and go and produce a lot and help someone and offer something to someone with ideas, well, that is , absolutely absolutely. in reality, i take everything from what i have they give and give everything that you can give

thank your legs for serving you faithfully, what do you miss from your former life, what can't you do now, even with the cool prostheses that we came back from the states with, uh, for example, now i couldn't just stand up and run from the studio, that 's not i will be able to do it, unlike if i had legs, uh, there are a lot of such moments, let's say very small everyday things, when there, uh, i'm in the shower or in the bathroom, again, i have to wash myself on a chair, when i need to take something, i can't do it again do it or someone should help or carry out a lot of manipulations here with very well at least it is difficult for me personally to go down the hill all the time, especially if it is some kind of steep slope, then if i still have to go up, i can do it. that is, well, let's say with some difficulties, with sports efforts, but i go up and then go down it turns out to be much more difficult. that's why it's also such a rather careful

thing, and luckily i haven't fallen yet. but i hope i won't fall. so some moments are very small , but they are still there. when they accumulate somewhere, i think about it. in general, when i just live there, they don’t really exist and it’s already been observed. allow me to ask, do we sometimes hear phrases like phantom no pain there, are they familiar to you, or do you have such a feeling, uh, in principle, this is my future, the worst thing that has happened to me there during the period of this m-m attitude of my standing on my feet, ah, this kind of thing is not completely unpleasant, because if even ordinary pain can somehow be tamed with painkillers or some er tablets with injections, then phantom pains, at least for me, are absolutely nothing got up and had to just endure these pains, but now fortunately they have almost disappeared , so they are still present in my life, even

now my foot has shot a little, but it does not happen as often as before and in principle it makes me happy because it is possible once in a while a week there several times a week it seems like this literally day or night it can simply pierce the limbs that are not there with such a current, but in general, fortunately, i got rid of them and what do the doctors say it should pass and in principle, it is individual for everyone, that is, it is people in whom it is not felt even at the stage of an amputation, only a fresh one, there are people in whom it leads throughout their lives and constantly, for example, there are people like me . fortunately, i was also lucky that they gradually decrease and decrease with time. i really hope that in the near future i won't feel them at all, but i wouldn't say that they actually prevent me from living. because in principle, your body already gets used to this so-called pain stress and to some extent

i don't even pay attention sometimes, oleksandr when you were talking about the walls, you understand that after our victory we need not only to study like this, but also to communicate with the military, accordingly , we need to change the infrastructure of cities, villages, settlements that will be convenient and comfortable for the military. military personnel in everyday life in the infrastructure in the states , in general, the country is adapted, in principle, not only for the military, that is, for all e-e strata of the population who move around on wheelchairs and move around on prostheses. that is, there er, it is immediately somehow taken into account at such a household level, there no one thinks about whether to put a ramp or

how to complete it later. there is no whether to build it or not to build it whether to make thresholds or not to make a-a there are no thresholds i.e. you can easily drive in with a wheelchair e-e ramps everywhere there is everywhere there is accessibility everywhere there are elevators for the disabled i.e. a-a any any building which is especially state-owned there this is necessarily an elevator, that is, so that every citizen, even if he is in a wheelchair, can get there, get to the door he needs, that's why i'm saying there , not really, at such an elementary level , everything already works, you don't need to contact anywhere for someone to leave there and pick you up. that is, a person in a wheelchair can, in principle , take care of himself. oleksandr, i thank you for this last conversation. perhaps you have a few words for those viewers who are watching now

, among them there may be military personnel and there may be relatives, relatives, soldiers, what will you pass on to them, i want to wish everyone peace among themselves, and i have already come to such conclusions that we need victory, and the victory will be so much. there will be no one, but there will be some under this, each other, only when we can be united and united in our goal, now we all have one goal - this is victory again, then we will only win it a-and that's why you shouldn't lose heart, because there are people they also often write to me now that they are starting there do not despair, but do not despair. we have a good command, we have a strong military, and there are even working soldiers. roughly speaking, that is why we should believe in our commander-in-chief and our military and

live again in some understanding of each other and in peace , then we will only win, oleksandr i thank you for your bravery for your wisdom, which is inherent in you despite your age, for your brave heart. thank you. and i traditionally want to turn to the audience at the end. i insist that you find oleksandr's instagram page бутка терен позывный what is it for? in order to perfectly study this technique that we talked about today, it will be necessary for each of us so that we can coexist in a good way with the military who will return from the war, help them, do not be afraid to look them in the eyes, find it, familiarize yourself with it and use sasha thank you safely for